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Gene

MMP16

matrix metallopeptidase 16

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q21.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 88,032,011–88,327,483 (GRCh38)
Exons
10 exons across 295.5 kb
Protein
607 amino acids
Also known as
MT3-MMP, DKFZp761D112
Previous symbols
C8orf57
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000286614.11NM_005941.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MMP16 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MMP16 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where MMP16 sits. MMP16 and 1 gene near it on chromosome 8, from 87,679,747 to 88,679,746.Chromosome 88q21.3p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.387.8 Mb88 Mb88.2 Mb88.4 Mb88.6 MbDCAF4L2: 87,870,747–87,874,015, reverse strandDCAF4L2MMP16: 88,032,011–88,327,483, reverse strandMMP16Diagram of MMP16: 10 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 10: 88,032,011–88,041,795, 9,785 basesExon 9: 88,046,669–88,046,784, 116 basesExon 8: 88,056,128–88,056,278, 151 basesExon 7: 88,074,605–88,074,743, 139 basesExon 6: 88,116,507–88,116,718, 212 basesExon 5: 88,118,700–88,118,861, 162 basesExon 4: 88,167,669–88,167,973, 305 basesExon 3: 88,186,476–88,186,598, 123 basesExon 2: 88,197,158–88,197,306, 149 basesExon 1: 88,327,075–88,327,483, 409 bases10864215′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 11.6 kb of the gene's 295.5 kb; 1,824 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). MMP16 gene: matrix metallopeptidase 16. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mmp16

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MMP16 gene: matrix metallopeptidase 16 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mmp16

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